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IVN Daily Digest -- August 7, 2014
IVN Daily Digest -- August 7, 2014
1. Democratic legislators in New Mexico say they support opening primaries up to independent voters."The effort is being taken up by two Democratic state legislators from Albuquerque. Sen. Bill O’Neil ...
07 Aug, 2014
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2 min read
Over 100 Immigration Activists Arrested in D.C. as Partisanship Paralyzes Congress
Over 100 Immigration Activists Arrested in D.C. as Partisanship Paralyzes Congress
Thirteen-year-old Stephanie Roman-Reyes can identify with the tens of thousands of refugee children in danger of deportation along the southern U.S. border.Huddled beneath a tree in Lafayette Squ ...
04 Aug, 2014
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6 min read
IVN Daily Digest -- July 29, 2014
IVN Daily Digest -- July 29, 2014
1. New Mexico's secretary of state refuses to defend the state's closed primary system."This week New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran responded to a lawsuit filed by Albuquerque attorney J. Edw ...
29 Jul, 2014
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2 min read
IVN Daily Digest -- July 23, 2014
IVN Daily Digest -- July 23, 2014
1. The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union sues New Hampshire secretary of state over restrictive ballot access laws."The law says third parties may not gather signatures to petition their way onto ba ...
23 Jul, 2014
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2 min read
IVN Daily Digest -- July 17, 2014
IVN Daily Digest -- July 17, 2014
1. Opinion piece in the Montgomery Advertiser advocates adopting a nonpartisan, top-two open primary system in Alabama."Even more importantly, however, this eliminates the unfair choices that some vot ...
17 Jul, 2014
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4 min read
What Happens if the Highway Trust Fund Gets Too Low?
What Happens if the Highway Trust Fund Gets Too Low?
By the time Dwight David Eisenhower became president of the United States, he had already secured historical immortality as the supreme commander of the victorious Allied Forces in the Second World Wa ...
15 Jul, 2014
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4 min read
How Reliable Are Fact Check Sources?
How Reliable Are Fact Check Sources?
In 2011, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman lamented that the proliferation of half-true statements and fallacious accusations during the 2012 presidential campaign had inaugura ...
11 Jul, 2014
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5 min read
By The Numbers: Understanding The Severity of PTSD
By The Numbers: Understanding The Severity of PTSD
"The term 'PTSD' has come into the common lexicon in a very non-specific manner, often used to refer to any type of emotional reaction to traumatic or disturbing events," said Dr. David Reiss, M.D., i ...
09 Jul, 2014
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6 min read
Children at the Border: Old Problem, New Outrage, Few Solutions
Children at the Border: Old Problem, New Outrage, Few Solutions
“They set out with little or no money. Thousands, shelter workers say, make their way through Mexico clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains. Since the 1990s, Mexico and the United States hav ...
08 Jul, 2014
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3 min read
IVN Daily Digest -- July 8, 2014
IVN Daily Digest -- July 8, 2014
1. A new lawsuit filed in federal court challenges restrictive ballot access laws for independent candidates in New Mexico.The lawsuit, filed by a member of the Public Education Committee, says the si ...
08 Jul, 2014
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3 min read